Hiking with Friends

  Blue Mountains Section #2 - Devils Glen Provincial Park to 9/10 Side Road Nottawasaga - August 13, 2026. 17 HWF hikers adventured to the Blue Mountain section at Devils Glen for a hike of 15.3 km.   Joining the hike were SteveR, Diane, Georgia, Annette, Laura, Faryde, Renu, Barbara (HC), Andrea, Grace, Nancy, Doug, Lesley, Ivan, Andrew, and special guests Richard and Fernando. Steep hills demand focussed attention!  It's a long way up the ski hill! We lucked out with the weather and it was a glorious day!  The light rain in the forecast never materialized, we had a pleasant morning temperature of 16°C rising to 23°C by midday but humidity made the temperature feel like 26C. 7 of the group enjoyed an adventure down the Keyhole side trail and made it safely back to join the well rested main trail hikers.   Andrew gave us the royal tour of his section of the trail.   Lovely trail through the long grass! Sawyer Turnbull has been hard at work! A...

  Blue Mountains/Dufferin Hi-land Sections - 9/10 Side Road Nottawasaga to Lavender Cemetery (54.5 km) - August 6, 2026. Hiking With Friends ventured a little further north this past week (for a day trip that is) to take on a 14.6 km hike primarily in the Blue Mountains Section, with just a little bite of Dufferin Hi-land, ending up at the dead center of Lavender (well, just 500 meters east of, but you'll get it)... We were dying to get started so after dropping cars at the Lavender Cemetery (now you get it), we headed over to our starting location at the end of 9/10 Side Road Nottawasaga and, having received our instructions and preparatory notes from our Hike Coordinator for today, Andrew, assembled for our group shot...today's cast of characters includes myself, Grace, Frank C, Donna, Barbara, Andrea, Steve K, Josie, Frances, Nancy, Doug, Annette, and Andrew (H.C)...a baker's dozen ready to get cookin'... You may have heard "the grass is greener on the other sid...